This just in: “The Microsoft MVP Award is our way of saying thank you and to honor and support the significant contributions you make to communities worldwide. As a recipient of Microsoft’s Most Valuable Professional award, you join an elite[…]
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Omg, I’m also tagged
So yes, I tried to escape but resistance is futile. André Obelink was kind enough to tag me, and therefore, it seems I need to divulge some trivia you may not know from me. 1. I learned computing around the[…]
Read moreWindows CardSpace gets, no, already had, Firefox support
When Mary Jo Foley writes that Firefox will get support for Windows Cardspace, a number of bloggers will pick up on that (see also here and here). Although choice is never a bad thing, there was a Firefox extension doing that already.[…]
Read moreVista available on MSDN and Visual Studio 2005 issues
It’s out that Windows Vista has been made available for download for MSDN subscribers. For developers that are running Visual Studio 2005 on Vista, Microsoft has created a page listing all known issues: http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/vstudio/aa948853.aspx This one caught my attention: Title:[…]
Read moreWiki dedicated to Windows Workflow Foundation
Fellow MVP Maurice de Beijer recently launched a Wiki-based website on Windows Workflow Foundation (WF). Although I sometimes find wikis difficult to navigate, Maurice has managed to publish a significant amount of information. Here’s a short list: Tracing Workflow Foundation Spawned[…]
Read moreInstantiating Generic Types at runtime
The Activator class is of good use when you want to instantiate classes at runtime. Here’s a sample of how this works. Type t = Type.GetType(“CompanyNameSpace.MyClass”); Object o = Activator.CreateInstance(t); Looks pretty easy. It gets[…]
Read moreInterview with Damir Tomicic, INETA Europe
This year’s TechEd in Barcelona, it was the first time I had a videocamera with me. A good opportunity to shoot some videos. Everyone seems to be doing this. The video below is a small interview with Damir Tomicic. He’s the[…]
Read moreTechEd 2006 Barcelona : Pre-Conf
Yesterday, I arrived in Barcelona for the 2006 TechEd: Developers conference. I’ll be hovering around the ATE and community lounge area mostly, while trying to catch a session here and there. Here’s the first picture, showing the bag there giving[…]
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Virtual PC 2007 Beta Available from Connect
Virtual PC 2007 Beta is available for download from http://connect.microsoft.com. Ever since I switched to Windows Vista I had issues with running Virtual PC 2004. Biggest problem was that the screen would no longer repaint itself upon actions done inside[…]
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